[pianotech] Cracked plate

[Greg Newell]

Bryn,

                You might be right about the low stress but, where did it
come from in the first place? Seems there is some stress somewhere that
caused it, no?

 

Greg Newell

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Bryn Latta
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:54 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Cracked plate

 

I'm pretty new to this, so please forgive my naivete: 
I looked at an upright piano for a customer. It had a crack in the plate
from the bottom treble corner of the open-faced pin block. I thought that
this area might not be that structurally significant, since the frame of the
piano is pretty massive and the crack isn't between the string attachment
points. But then, something must have made it crack, the plate screw just
above in the photo, maybe. Otherwise the piano seems pretty nice for its
age. Is it junk? Any thoughts? 
 
Bryn Latta

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